Yes, it's safe to apply PBO for negative -20 across all cores on the 9800X3D.
Yes, it's safe to apply PBO for negative -20 across all cores on the 9800X3D.
Hello, Comunity. Using the curve to place all cores at -20 gave a good outcome. My 9800x3d dropped about 9 degrees lower. Cinebench improved from 1320 to 1340 on multicore. The single-core test showed no issues at all. Overall, the system looks very stable and performs better now. It seems safe to keep this setup; it won’t get worse over time. My motherboard is an ASRock Taichi Lite X870E.
Negative numbers are acceptable. The worst outcome could be a crash from insufficient voltage or reduced frequencies.
I handle -30 on my 7800X3D, and I've done it before with the 7700X too. Everything seems fine.